Collision Course

Trailer—Collision Course

This dreadful film assembles every Asian stereotype you can imagine into one hideous package. Money grubbing, devious Japanese business men send goofy but loveable policeman Pat Morita to recover industrial secrets in Detroit. Here he encounters a down at heel Jay Leno, who promptly refers to a murder victim as a Jap and calls Morita Tojo. It's all downhill from there.

After the success of The Karate Kid movies, Pat Morita carried on his shtick as the crafty old Japanese. The joke in this movie is that he does not know karate. In Collision Course, Morita is a Japanese detective Fujitsuka Natsuo chasing a stolen prototype turbocharger. He comes to Detroit, motor city itself and teams up with renegade cop Tony Costas (Jay Leno) to go after potential suspect Madras and his goons. It seems they gunned down one of Costas former colleagues and he wants payback. While in America, Natsuo faces casual racism, gets blamed for the US trade deficit and the decline of the American motor car industry. This buddy cop action comedy was made in the same year as Letha Weapon 2 and basically it is no contest between the two movies. Collision Course is a dismal lame movie, not funny and embarrassingly racist.

Japanese detective Pat Morita travels to Detroit and gets to work with wild cop Jay Leno in this dull bore. The duo are after a prototype supercharger for automobiles that is going to be used for shady purposes. Chris Sarandon is on hand as the quietly deviant mastermind and Tom Noonan is his most trusted thug. Poorly written dribble and unspectacular direction do nothing to help out the oddball combination of Leno and Morita being teamed together. Another in the long line of cop buddy flicks that came a dime a dozen in that magical cinematic decade that was the 1980s. Effectively killed any real opportunity Leno had to become a mainstay in American movie-houses. 2 stars out of 5.

This movie had faded as one of those 1980's action comedy films. I saw it many years ago and I thought it was great. For awhile I was looking for it but no luck. It was one HBO but I always missed it. One day I caught the whole thing. As time went on Movies like Rush Hour come and still it doesn't remind people of Collision Course. Collision Course is The Rush Hour of the past we would never forget. This is a movie I will never forget. I am an 80's man, so, that's another reason why I like this Film. The comedy between the two cops (Leno and Morita) are great and make a much better team than those other cops (Tucker and Chan). The Characters seem more alive and active. Rush Hour is mostly talk. I great film for all family members.8 out of 10.

The acting is pretty cheesy, but for the people in this area up in the 80s and are now Detroit area automotive engineers, this is a great movie. I even work with a Japanese supplier so that makes this movie even more funny. Jay Leno was showing his age last night on The Tonight Show! He looks pretty young here...17 years ago. The opening scene, with the drag race on what appears to be Woodward Ave was great. Leno also owns some bad a** cars now, it would e great to see a remake of this with his modern collection. I'm sure the blown Vette in the opening scene was his own car. Typical 80s movie. Watch it and enjoy. No computer generated crap!

Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Chris Sarandon, Tom Noonan and Ernie Hudson star in this 1989 action-comedy. This takes place in Detroit, Michigan where we meet detective, Tony Costas (Leno) who works homicide. We also meet Japanese detective, Fuji Natsuo (Morita) who is sent to Detroit to find a man who has stolen a prototype for a turbo charger. After Costas' ex-partner friend is killed, he investigates and soon works with Natsuo to find his killer and the stolen prototype. Sarandon plays crooked businessman, Philip Madras, Noonan plays his right-hand thug, Scully and Hudson plays Shortcut, a detective who works with Costas. I've always enjoyed this film even though it has some corny moments and Pat and Jay were great together. I think "Rush Hour" kind of bit off this and it's not a bad film I recommend.

The novelty of hearing clean-cut Jay Leno spout four-letter words is the only memorable aspect of this formulaic mismatched-police-partners caper. In COLLISION COURSE, the pelican-faced comedian teams up with the late Pat Morita to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger (think car lover Leno played a hand in the plot?). The two leads try hard, they really do, but Leno is no actor and Morita's fish-out-of-water routine gets old in a hurry. The film carries a bit of cheesy '80s appeal, but its worthy moments become increasingly scarce as it fills out its overlong 100-minute running time. Fans of Leno's considerable comedic talents will feel let down; everyone else will just be bored.

Really a funny movie that no one knew/knows about. I remember I first saw it on HBO when it was already 2-3 years old, about 92-93. Still, very funny. If you watch it you'll know. Now that I think about it, it's the first Rush Hour; white(instead of black) cop and a Chinese partner who can't speak English, but really can, have hardships through the movie, which makes it interesting and funny, then bond and become friends in the end. Cool, funny movie. 8/10 I'm repeating this, because I am starting out a new commenting title. So I think just repeating this will be better and have an overall justifiable expense. Thank you. And word to your mother. If you thought that was funny, please say so. I just did it on a whim and it cracked me a smile.

Okay, I know I shouldn't like this movie but I do. From Pat Morita's loveable interpretation of a Japanese stereotype to Jay Leno's annoying yell, I laughed throughout this movie.As long as you take into account that this is not the best movie in the world, it's a good mvie. My favorite part is Morita talking to his boss in Tokyo with the drinking a close second.